RIP Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, died this day 1881.
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others...
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others...
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Tangentially, people who lie to themselves, who are afraid to be their authentic selves, instead following the crowd, are self-loathing. They hate people with the courage to be different. I think you know who I mean.